Frequency-tunable DVB-H antenna for mobile terminals

In this paper a frequency-tunable inverted F-antenna (IFA) for DVB-H reception is presented. The antenna is suitable for small mobile devices (40 mm times 90 mm times 10 mm). The operating frequency of the antenna is tuned with a varactor component. The varactor loads the IFA element and thus enables it to resonate at different frequencies. This kind of tunable narrowband antenna is suitable for DVB-H reception, since one channel in a bandwidth of 8 MHz is received at a time. The antenna presented in this paper can be compared with a frequency- tunable IFA of Ying (2005), presented in a recently published patent. This proves the potential of this kind of DVB-H antenna solution in commercial applications. A special advantage of the proposed antenna is that, since it can be located in a vertical position on the long side of the ground plane, as opposed to the work of Ying (2005), GSM antennas can be located in their optimal position at the upper part of the device.